Climbing My Grandfather

Question 1

Language-Metaphorical language linked to mountains

Answer 1

First, the old brogues, dusty and cracked; an easy scramble onto his trousers.’

Question 2

Structure

Answer 2

The poem followers a climber’s progress up a mountain to the summit. ‘Then up over the forehead, the wrinkles well-spaced and easy’

Question 3

Form

Answer 3

The poem is written in the present tense throughout. Enjambment imitates the motion of climbing ‘I change direction, traverse along his belt to an earth-stained hand.’

Question 4

Theme-Closeness

Answer 4

‘Knowing the slow pulse of his good heart.’